Transitions From Winter Sports to Spring Sports

As most winter sports are coming to an end, many of Episcopal's teams have been very successful, and I hope that this continues during the Spring. The boy's soccer team was state-runner up, the boy's basketball team just won their first playoff game yesterday, and the girl's basketball team is headed to the state semifinals today! I am very hopeful and excited for the upcoming sporting events. I try to support the Episcopal sports teams, especially basketball, whenever I can. I find basketball most entertaining to watch, which is why you could probably find me at any Episcopal basketball game, boys or girls.

While the Winter athletics at Episcopal are coming to an end, many Spring athletics have began practicing, and the boy's baseball teams have started playing. I am participating in softball, which is why I am very excited for what is to come during the Spring. I love softball, and I haven't played in over a year since in middle school, softball is a fall sport. Softball has its first game next Monday and I think that the entire team is anxious and terrified to play because we have a lack of participants because they are still caught up in their winter sports. I wish the best of luck to all of the winter athletes who are fighting for the championship and I hope that everyone is just as successful in the Spring.

Comments Quarter 3 Week 6

Sarah C- Vocal Words

Gautam- Vocab Story

Vocabulary Words

When she was murdered, I had a strange suspicion that her former co-worker was the culprit of this horrendous crime. I was certain that I would get to the bottom of this mystery. I believed that he harbored a malicious intend to hurt her, and that it was no accident. She had caught her former co-worker stealing from their employer, and she disclosed this to their employer, resulting in his termination of employment.  She had also warned his other potential future employer of his criminal tendencies. With his reputation tarnished by this incident, he decided to take revenge.

When I gathered enough evidence, I decide to indict him by telling the police about all of the information that I had gathered. I made sure that I had implicated him in the scandal of murdering her. Although there was initially some speculation, he was ultimately convicted of murder. It was concluded that there was significant strife before she died, but she was now in a better place.  He got what he got deserved. The jury averred that he had murdered her. He conceded and was sentenced to life in prison.

Comments Quarter 3 Week 4

Sydney- Research

Gautam- Reading Response

Research Paper

One of the skills that I have learned while writing my research paper is how to create and works cited page and how to create in-text citations. Before we started writing our research paper, I didn't even know what in-text citations were. Now I know that you have to give credit where credit is due in the text and n your works cited page. I also wasn't sure how to create and in-text citation or how to format my works cited page prior to writing this paper. Now I can safely saw that I know how to form an in-text citation and works cited list.

Another skill that I have learned over the course of writing this paper is how to embed citations. Although we had already learned how to do this for our personal narrative, I feel like we went more in depth on embedding quotations for this research paper. I also learned how to find the credibility of a source. I didn't realize that there was an entire process, including finding out where the information came from, whether the source was biased, and the profession of the author. This research paper has made me improve as the writer.

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Response 2

Something that I have noticed about this book is that there are several stock characters. Penelope is the "popular girl", Arnold's sister is the "rebellious teen", and Gordy is the "know-it-all." Other stock character include Rowdy, the "tough guy", and Arnold's science teacher, the "mean teacher." These stock characters represent stereotypes that are seen often in books and movies. I think that Sherman Alexie adds his own twist to these characters.

Another thing that I have noticed about this book is that Alexie depicts Arnold as a kid that will try very hard to get what he wants out of life. Arnold dosen't want to settle for the school on the rez. Arnold wants to have a chance to succeed, which is why he begs to go to Reardan. Despite the prejudice at his new school, he still tries his hardest to succeed at Reardan. Even despite all of the times he beat up on the reservation, he dosen't run crying to his parents, he fights for himself.